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J. A. DOWDY. LACE, RIBBON, 0R BELT REEL. No. 596,988. Patented Jan. l1, 1898.

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UNITED STATES JAMES ARTHUBJ DOVDY, OF CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

LACE, RIBBON, OR BELT REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,988, dated January 11, 1898.

Application ned July 23, 189e. serai No. 600,314. da man.)

T0 '.tZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JAMES ARTHUR DOWDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarksville, county of Johnson, and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Lace, Ribbon, or Belt Reel, of which the following is a specication.

This invention .relates to improvements in reels, and has more particular relation to reels intended to receive lace.

The invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of Which Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification', Figure l represents a front elevation of thedevice embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same.

A in the drawings represents the Wire from which the supporting-frame is formed 5 B B, the lace-reels; C C, the retaining-anges of the same, and D the supporting-hook. The said frame A comprises a single piece of Wire bent to form a supporting-hook D and a plurality of journal-eyes F. The said eyes F are formed by giving the wire a single turn upon itselt1 after iirst bending it slightly out of a vertical plane. By this peculiar bending of the wire the outer portion of the frame A remains smooth and unbroken, While the journal-eyes project inward, so as to prevent the iianges of the reels from striking against the said frame A as Vthe reels' are revolved.

Each of the reels B, I provide at each end With an enlarged disk or flange C. for holding the lace upon the reel proper. Each of said reels is also provided at each end with a journal-stud or trunnion, said studs or trun nions being passed through the respective eyes F. One of the trun'nions of each reel is provided with an operating crank-handle E.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that when it is desired to iill the reels with lace or other material the end of the material is first secured to one of the reels B and the said reel then rotated by means of its crank-handle, thus Winding the lace or other material thereon. The reel thus wound is suspended in any convenient position above the counter by means of the hook D. Vhen thus suspended, it is in plain vieuY at all times, and the lace may be removed from therespective reels by simply grasping the end of the same and pulling downward, said reels rotating as the lace passes off of the same.

l do not care to limit my device to reeling lace, as the same may be employed with equal facility for receiving many other articles,such as tapes, elastics, rbc.

Wvhile my improved reel is very simple and cheap in construction because of its manufacture from a single piece of Wire, it at the same time is very strong and durable, and the several parts comprising the same maybe readily detached when so desired for cleaning or repairing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination With a single piece of Wire bent double at its middle and having said middle portion bent into a supportinghook, the extending ends being bent apart and formed into pendent arms having journal-eyes, of a Wheel having journal ends mounted in said eyes, and an' operating-handle mounted on one of the journal ends for rotating said Wheel, substantially as described.

2. The combination With a single piece of Wire bent to form a supportinghook, and journal-eyes, out of the same plane with the main Vportion of the Wire, of a lace-reel having journal ends j ournaled in said eyes; the construction being such that the ends of the reel abut against said eyes, and thus prevent it from scraping against the main portion of the Wire, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a single piece of Wire bent to form a plurality of journal-eyes arranged in pairs, of a plurality of lace-reels having ends mounted in said eyes, and a crank-handle mounted upon the respective reels 'for rotating the same, substantially as described.

JAMES ARTHUR DOVVDY.

Vitnesses G. O. PATTERSON, A. M. MCLANE. 

